Lawyer and Teacher Associations Oppose Legislation to Ban Spanking

Lawyer and Teacher Associations Oppose Legislation to Ban Spanking
School children in a classroom, in a file photo on Nov. 27, 2019. Danny Lawson/PA Wire
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Lawyers and schoolteachers are asking Parliament to reject proposed legislation seeking to ban the spanking of children.

The Canadian Teachers Federation (CTF) and Quebec Defence Lawyers Association (AQAAD) have written to the Senate’s legal and constitutional affairs committee to say a proposed bill to repeal the corporal punishment provision of the Criminal Code of Canada would cause major problems for teachers and parents.